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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of news does Betsy relay to John and his mother?
(a) Of a child's success in school.
(b) Of the death of a child.
(c) Of the birth of a child.
(d) Of a child's illness.

2. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) That the child's death was funny.
(b) That the illness was ironic.
(c) That the child's suffering was unbearable without laughter.
(d) That he wasn't dead.

3. What was John's first Porsche?
(a) A 912.
(b) A 911.
(c) A 914.
(d) A 944.

4. What was John's nickname for his mother?
(a) Slave.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Angel.
(d) Darling.

5. Where did John's family move after his father got tenure?
(a) Boston.
(b) Deerfield.
(c) Shutesbury.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say became more difficult as her got older?

2. What made people think that John was a prodigy?

3. What was preschool like for John Robison?

4. How does John say his biology teacher treated him?

5. How did John get revenge against his biology teacher?

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